original description Pope, E.C. & F.W.E. Rowe. (1977). A new genus and two new species in the family Mithrodiidae (Echindoermata: Asteroidea) with comments on the status of species of Mithrodia Gray, 1840. Australian Zoology 19(2): 201-216. [details]

basis of record Marsh, L.M. and A.R.G. Price (1991). Indian Ocean echinoderms collected during the Sinbad Voyage (1980-1981): 2. Asteroidea. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 57(1): 61-70. [details]